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Category Archives: Lost and Found
A Box Full of Surprises
All that it cost me was twenty dollars. For those twenty dollars, I received hours of fun and entertainment. So as far as I am concerned I obtained more than my money’s worth. All this was found in a … Continue reading
Posted in Lost and Found
Tagged Family history, genealogy, Haynes, Immigration, John F Rollins, Joseph Silver Hill, Nietmann Family, Oscar Rexer, Rexer
55 Comments
All Dressed Up With Someplace To Go
This summer I visited the Penn Yan Craft Market which is located in the Finger Lakes region in New York. They had vendor after vendor selling all types of handcrafted items that took more talent to make … Continue reading
Posted in Lost and Found
Tagged Angola Indiana, Bryon Duckwall, Duckwall Family, Family history, genealogy, New York, Penn Yan
44 Comments
To Heck With New York, I Am Off To Texas
The title is a paraphrase of the Davy Crockett quote after he lost his election to Congress in his home state of Tennessee and then headed off to Texas and everlasting fame. In this case, it is four people … Continue reading
Posted in Lost and Found
Tagged Brunell, Family history, Fesette, genealogy, New York, O'Brien
39 Comments
Mildred’s Family Has Been Found
The picture you see above had been stored in a box for well over 50 years. It is from the collection of pictures and other items my wife, and I found when we cleaned out her parents home well over … Continue reading
Posted in Lost and Found
Tagged Family history, genealogy, Lemieux, Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh State Normal School
52 Comments
Mail Call 1945
This is a continuation of my post Mail Call 1942 and Mail Call 1943. I would advise you to start reading in Mail Call 1942 to get the complete story. I purchased about 200 letters at an auction and … Continue reading
Posted in Lost and Found
Tagged Endres, Family history, genealogy, Herkimer N.Y., Moore Family, World War Two
31 Comments
Mail Call 1943
This posting is a continuation of Mail Call 1942. If you have not read that posting, I will advise that you should. This is a story of a family and their lost letters of World War Two. The end of … Continue reading
Posted in Lost and Found
Tagged 815th Engineer Battalion, Endres, Family history, genealogy, Herkimer, Moore, North Africa, St. Francis De Sales
14 Comments
MAIL CALL 1942
On February 23, 1942 a letter from Ilion, New York was mailed to Private George Endres at Camp Polk, Louisiana. George’s profession was teaching. However now he was trying to keep up with the whirlwinds of military life in war … Continue reading
Posted in Lost and Found
Tagged 525 Maple Grove Ave, Bea Carroll, Endres, Family history, genealogy, Herkimer N.Y., Lola Keddell, Moore, St. Francis De Sales
30 Comments